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1104 MNASALCAS. MNASEAS.
with such demonstrations of favour as excited the Eighteen of his epigrams are given in Brnnck's
jealousy of the elder Mithridates, who, in con- Anal. i. p. 190. The time when he flourished
sequence, recalled him; and after keeping him is uncertain. Reiske (Not. p. 245, &c.) is somesome time in captivity, ultimately put him to what disposed to consider him a contemporary of
death. (App. Mithr. 64.) [E. H. B.] Alexander the Great. Schneider (Anal. p. 6)
MITHRIDAITIS (MlOps8id'ts), a daughter of places him a century later. (Fabric. Bibl. Graee.
Mithridates the Great, who had been at one time vol. iv. p. 483; Athen. iv. p. 163.) [C. P. M.]
betrothed to Ptolemy, king of Egypt; but the mar- MNA'SEAS (Mvaac'as). 1. A Phocian, who,
riage never took place, and she shared the fortunes on the death of Phayllus, B. c. 353, was appointed
of her father to the last. She and her sister Nyssa guardian to the young Phalaecus, the son of Onowere present with Mithridates just before'his marchus, and the successor of'Phayllus in the
death, and voluntarily took poison, that they might supreme command of the Phocians in' the Sacred
share his fate. (Appian, Mithr. 111.) [E. H. B.] War. Mnaseas was soon after slain in a nightr
MITHRI'NES. [MITHRENES.]. battle with the Thebans. lie was perhaps the
MITHROBARZA'NES (MLOpoapCa'dvqs). 1. same person whose private quarrel with one EuthyFather-in-law of Datames, with whom he joined crates about an heiress had, according to Aristotle,
in his revolt from the Persian king [DATAMES]; given occasion to the war. (Diod. xvi. 38; comp.
but afterwards despairing of his cause, went over Paus. x. 2; Arist. Polit. v. 4, ed. Bekk.)
to Artabazus, the Persian general, with all the 2. An Argive, mentioned by Demosthenes (de
cavalry under his command. Datames, however, Cor. p. 324) as one of those who betrayed their
on learning his desertion, followed him so closely country to Philip. Polybius (xvii. 14) blames
that he attacked the enemy at the very moment Demosthenes for what he calls his reckless and
that Mithrobarzanes had:joined them. The Per- sweeping accusation against so many distinguished
sians in consequence distrusted their new confe- men. (Comp. Dem. de Cor. p. 245, de Chers. p.
derate, and refused to receive them, so that Mithro- 105; Diod. xvi. 38, 69.) [E. E.]
barzanes and his followers found themselves hemmed MNA'SEAS (Mvae'as), literary. 1. Of PAin between two armies, and were quickly cut to TARA, in-Lycia, the most celebrated literary person
pieces. (Diod. xv. 91; Corn. Nep. D)atam. 6; of this name. He is sometimes called J IIafrape5,
comp. Polyaen. vii. 21. ~ 7.)' and at other times d iaTrpev's: the former would
2. General of the Cappadocian forces, which make him a native of Patara in Lycia; the latter, of
formed part of the Persian army at the passage. of Patrao in Achaia. Clinton calls him (F. H. vol.
the Granicus: he was killed in the battle (Arrian, iii. p. 534) Mnaseas of Patrae; but it appears
Anab. i. 16. ~ 5; Diod. xvii. 21). His name is more probable that 17aTpeis is a corruption of
written in many of the MSS. both of Diodorus Ilarapeds than the contrary; and we know that
and Arrian, Mithrobuzanes, but analogy is certainly Asia Minor produced many literary persons from
in favour of the other form. the time that literature- flourished at Alexandria.
3. King or ruler of the district of Sophene, in From a passage in Suidas (s. v.'EpaTreoOevls),
the possession of which he was established by Vossius, Clinton, and others have supposed that
Ariarathes V., king of Cappadocia, notwithstanding Mnaseas was a disciple of Aristarchus; but the
the opposition of Artaxias, king of Armenia, who words may also mean that he was a pupil of Erain vain endeavoured to induce Ariarathes to put t6sthenes; and that this is their real meaning,
the young prince to death, and divide his dominions Preller has shown, from another source, in the
between them. (Diod. xxxi. Exc. Vales. p. 584.) essay referred to below. (Comp. Epimerism. Ho1m.
4. A general of Tigranes I., king of Armenia, p. 277, 29; Welcker, Epische Cyclus, p. 459.)
who was the first of the king's friends and courtiers Mnaseas belonged to the period when the school
that ventured to apprise him of the near approach of Callimachus and Eratosthenes was prosecuting
of Lucullus. Hereupon he was despatched by that literary and grammatical studies; but when likemonarch with a force of 3000 horse and a numerous wise a very large number were devoting themselves
body of infantry, with orders to crush the Roman to a description of lands and-places, with an acarmy, and bring the general away prisoner. Mithro- count of their local traditions, monuments, and
barzanes, though he does not seem to have shared antiquities.. Such were Polemon of Ilion, Neanin this foolish confidence, advanced to meet Lucullus, thes of Cyzicus, Philostephanus of Cyrene, and
but was encountered by the advanced guard of the many others, who were contemporary with MnaRomans under Sextilius, and cut to pieces, with seas, and who were called by the general name of
the greater part of his troops. (Plut. Lucull. 25; Perieqetae (Ilepro7rrai). To these Mnaseas beAppian, Mithr. 84.) [E. H. B.] longed, and was one of the worst of his class. It
MITROBA'TES (M'rpo&rq71s), a Persian, go- is true that he was diligent and learned, and that
vernor of Dascyleium, is said by Herodotus to he travelled in Europe, Africa, and Asia, for the
have taunted Oroetes, satrap of Sardis, with his purpose of collecting materials for his work; but
allowing Samos to continue free from the Persian he was singularly destitute both of taste and judgyoke. During the disturbed period which'fol- ment, and belonged to that class of'Alexandrine
lowed the death of Cambyses and the usurpation compilers who placed more value upon the quantity
of the Magi (B.C. 521),' Oroetes put Mitrobates of their materials than their quality or arrangeand his son Cranaspes to death. (Herod. iii. 120, ment, and who recorded more diligently all extra126, 127.)' [E. E.] ordinary and fabulous tales in history and nature
MIXOPAIRTHENOS (MLonrcipOeyos), i. e. half than events and occurrences of real interest and
maiden, a surname of the Erinnyes or Furies. importance. He was also a follower of the ratio(Lycophr. 669; comp. Herod. iv. 9.) [L. S.] nalistic school of Evemerus, and resolved many of
MNASALCAS (MvadaKicas), an epigrammatic the ancient legends into ordinary natural occurpoet, a native of a village or township in the ter- rences, quite in accordance with the principles of
ritory of Sicyon called Plataeae (Strab. ix. p. 412). the school. [EvEMnRUS.]